AND HE SPAKE THIS PARABLE UNTO CERTAIN WHICH TRUSTED IN THEMSELVES THAT THEY WERE RIGHTEOUS, AND DESPISED OTHER---
Luke 15
9: And he spake this parable unto certain which trusted in themselves that they were
righteous,
and despised others:
10: Two men went up into the temple to pray; the one a Pharisee, and the other a
publican.
11: The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee, that I am not
as other
men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican.
12: I fast twice in the week, I give tithes of all that I possess.
13: And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto
heaven, but
smote upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a sinner.
14: I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other: for every
one that
exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted. |
